This was one of the rare projects where I’ve made multiples and haven’t gotten super sick of the project half way through. Which is perfect because I think I’ll be making these for every baby born at any point in the future! So cute and quick. Now I just can’t wait to see a baby wearing one of these!

I’m up to my eyeballs in friends having babies this fall, so prepare yourselves for a barrage of baby gifts, starting with a set of adorable baby bibs!

I Love Stockinette Baby Bibs by Laura Treadway

Knit Picks Comfy Worsted

Greens!

I found this cute baby bib pattern – I Love Stockinette Baby Bib by Laura Treadway – and I loved the way people were choosing two colors and then alternating MC and CCs, making a nice set of bibs. So I stocked up on some Knit Picks Comfy Worsted in nice baby colors that weren’t SUPER baby, so I can have baby bibs ready for a baby shower at a moments notice.

What’s great about these is that they are totally washable and pretty quick knits. I knit one of these at a White Sox game a couple weeks ago! The shaping at the top is nice, and the applied Icord will never not be magical. Look for more of these in the future!

The pattern is ‘CAFE’ French Press Cozy from the book Knitted Letters. This pattern isn’t up on ravelry, but here is a pic from the book.

PT > CAFE

So instead of “CAFE” (lame) I traded them for PT’s name – PT! I stash dove and used Bijou Spun by Bijou Basin Ranch Lhasa Wilderness in Grey and Bumblebirch Wellspring in Glacier for the letters. I got a report from PT that his coffee is both stylish and warm, so I consider that a win!

Pattern: “CAFE” French Press Cozy from Knitted Letters by Erssie Major and Catherine Hirst

Still working through featuring the handmade Christmas gifts I made over here! Today I’m sharing with you the most challenging and out of the box project I made this season – 4 coin purses from Straight Stitch Society!

Straight Stitch Society: Feed the Animals Pattern

Straight Stitch Society has a lot of really fun sewing patterns, an as I’m always looking to get better at sewing I decided to try my hand at actual instruction! And I wasn’t disappointed. Feed the Animals, a pattern for little adorable coin purses shaped like a cat, dog, and monkey, was super clear, really easy to follow, and the results were pretty awesome!

Open mouth little monkey!

Monkey!

A made the monkey for my friend Lily.

Open Mouth Dog

Dog! … kinda

I made the dog (that kinda ended up looking like an alien?) for my knit night group’s secret santa exchange. I put some stitch markers inside! It’d be a cute knitting notions little bag too, right?

Two Kitties with Open Mouths!

Two Kitties!

And I made a cat for my grandma and a cat for my baby niece Ryenn.

I loved making these! I did them assembly line style and knocked them all out in about a day in a half. I’m super excited to try more Straight Stitch Society patterns! They come highly recommended by me.

There are approximately 198541587615951815789 baby knitting patterns out there, and I keep going back to the same one.

Stash Busted!

Fun to knit and super quick!

This is the base of Anna Hrachovec’s Uh Ohs pattern, which I’ve knit up before for a newborn pattern. But, you know, since it’s for a newborn I figured it wouldn’t really matter if they had eyes and years and legs and hands and all that. So I dug in my stash for some pretty bright baby friendly colors and got started!

Since I used worsted weight yarn scraps I went with a 16″ size 5 circular, which was perfect!

This red, orange, and green set was for my new baby nephew Wyatt, who LOVED it! He grabbed it up right away and slobbered the crap out of it. That is the sign of a great toy!

3 Rings – 2 half yellow, 2 half green, 2 half orange

Gender neutral colors to the max

Totally changes the look of the toys!

My knit night group does a secret santa exchange, and I was paired up with my friend Paula, who is expecting her second baby in a few months. So I pulled out my needles and dug through my stash and made more of these fun toys! I love them.

Watching bitches being bitches on Women Tell All and finally getting to pick up my #HKKAL15 Cafe au Lait after a couple week break. Thanks for the tag @rubysubmarine! What are you working on @thebonvivant and @fallingstitches? #WIDN